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"Either train yourself to use TeX properly, or let someone do it for you." The same complaint could be raised about using a biro (vs calligraphy), using a prin
by esquivalience 9y ago
"Either train yourself to use TeX properly, or let someone do it for you."
The same complaint could be raised about using a biro (vs calligraphy), using a printing press (vs handwriting) or using a wysiwyg editor (vs the old word processing paradigm).
In my view, this sort of accessibility is a great advance.
- cup-of-tea 9y agoI disagree. Technology should either make things easier or better. Making things easier but worse is not progress. Your analogies are incorrect. Calligraphy is not handwriting. It's an art form and very slow to execute. The printing press isn't just an "easier handwriting". It's actually harder to use. But it's better. It's closer to calligraphy than handwriting, in fact. I'm not sure what your argument about WYSIWYG text editors is. In my experience they produce absolutely horrible results because, ironically, they require the user to know more about typesetting than TeX does if high quality output is desired.